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VOL. XXVIII MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1913 NO.19
HAS THREE BILLS
SENATE BECINS TUSSLE ON EUR.
RENCY PROBLEM
;OMMITEE DISAlREE,
Senators Will Have to Piss on Three
Separate Bills, Fosteed by thf
House, the Senate ;Democratic
Commi emn and the Republican
Members of the Committee Aided
by Hitchcock.
Three separate currency bills, all
based upon the same general theory,
will be laid before the Senate by the
divided banking and currency com
mittee, which has been split into two
distinct factions. Unable to agree on
amendments the committee -will pre
sent the Glass-Owen bill as original
ly endorsed by the administratin
and passed by the House. *1'h6meas
ure, with amendments assumed -to
be acceptable to the 'Preaident, 1
be submitted by Chairman Owen era
live other Democrats of the comnilt
tee, Senators Pomerene, Hollis, Reed,
O'Gorman and Shafroth. A bill ma
terially changing the structure of the
House measure will be presented by
the Republicans, Senators Nelson,
Weeks, Bristow, McLean and Craw
ford, and Senator Hitchcock.
All three of the proposed bills con
template thewsduance of a currsncy
secured by coinmercial paper held by
the banks of-the country.. Each pro
poses the establishmnt of reserve
banks, which will issue the currency
in exchange for .commercial. paper to
the banks, .'wbch will hold the, re
serves behind their deposits, mobil
ized for use In any emergency, and 1
wh1cy will rediscount the paper held I
by banks In the system, thus always
keeping available ample credit and
currency for use to ward off financial
crises. Each bill proposes to put the
entire system under the control of a
Federal reserve board to be appoint
ed by the president
Althoughagrenrg as -to-the pur
poses to be accomplished by the pro- 1
posed legislation the three plans dif- 1
fer in almost every point as to means
provided to carry out these purposes.
As it passed the House the Glass
Owen bill proposed the creation, of
12 regipual banks.,. Thi; Democrats
of the Senate committee cut that I
down to eight. the minimum number
to four,-holdiag that ,th'e snller I
number 6i'ld noie effectively' coni- 1
centrate the reserves of the country.
- The twelve-regional banks-propos
ed by the House bill would be owned
by the banks, through compulsory
subscription to the stock, and the
banks would elezct six of the nine
directors of each regional institution.
This plan was retained by the Demo
e rats of the Senate committee, al
though it was further provided that1
if the banks did not furnish enough
capital to run the system the stock
might be sold to the public.
On this point Senator Hitchcock
and the Republicans departed from
the administtation theory of creating
a "bank of banks" and materially
changed the bill. They provided that
the reserve bank's capital should be
subscribed by the public, the banks
taking whatever part the public
would not take, and that the govern
ment. through the Federal reserve
board.,%hould.apoint-tv-otthernine .
directors of each regional bank. This,
was the proposition which split the
Senate committee into two camps.
In the House bill the paper made
eligible-for rediscount and as a basis
for currency is .. commercial paper,
based on actual merchandising trans
action, maturing in not less than
ninety days. This provision was re
tained by the Democrats, but the Re
publicans broadened materially. Un
der their bill a part of the member1
banks rediscounts may be made In
paper m'atiming-up -to sir-months.
* Under the House bill and the draft
by the Senate committee Democrats.
the regional bank directors would1
-have discretion as to rediscountingi
for member banks without limit. Ini
the Republican bill, each memberi
bank is given the right to secure re-1
discounts up to the full amount of its
capital and under a tax to twice that
amount
Both the House bill and the Owen
bill would allow country banks to
loan on one-year farm mortgages.
The Republicans amended this to al
low banks to loan one-third of their
time deposits on five-year farm mort
gages.
The Republicans eliminaited from
the bill a provision wliich would have
required giational banks to~ maintain
separate dgpartifents to handle sav
ings a-etount. 6usiaess.. Numerous.
other difference, prIncipally on minori
matters or relating to the language
of the measure, are apparent.
Shoots Women and Self.
Charles Deitz, an electrician of
Plttsburg, Pa., and 35 years old.
Thursday morning at Braddock, a
small country suburb, shot his wife.
his mother-in-law. Mrs. Caroline Mil
ler and himself. The trio was hurried
to the nearest hospital where physi
cians said Deitz would likely die, but
the women were not dangeroucly
hurt. Deitz and his wife have not
been living together and the shoot
lug ended a visit Deitz paid to her
mother's home.
Races Segregated.
Without a fuss by the issuance of
official orders, race segregation in the
departments of the government at
Washington has at last been accom
plished. Competition between the
races has been eliminated. The ex
cuse given in many instances was a
readjustment for the increment or
DENIES COMBINATION
RICHARDS IN RACE ON HIS OWN
RESPONSTRTTJTY.
Candidate for Governor Declares He
is Neither Political Dictator Nor
Meddler.
Denial of -a combination with the
Blease forces, or any other combina
tions, was made Thursday night by
Chairman John G. Richards Jr., of
the railroad commission, who is a
candidate for governor. He says that
he feels that the candidates for the
United States senate are amply able
to take care of themselves without
nterference on his part. "I am not
presumptuous enough to attempt the
role of a dictator, and I do not pro
pose for others to place me in the at
titude of a meddler," declared Mr.
Richards.
Major Richards says in his dictat
ed statement:
"I have seen the editorial in the
Drangeburg Times and Democrat and
F hiaveelso read several letters from
anathet source, in which the writer
ndertakes to give the political affil
ati6ns-of certain candidates for gov
arnor,tmyself among them. The writ
r of these articles does not assume
,esponsibility for his statements, nor
loes he give the name of his inform
tnt. For these reasons I have not
tttached any importance to the state
nents and I am surprised that any
ne else should. It seems, however,
:hat the editor of The Times and
Democrat feels that they should not
io unnoticed and calls upon me for
, statement.
"I desire to state that I have en
:eied into no.combinations with any
nan or set of men; that I am in the
-ace for governor on my own respon
dbility, and that it is my purpose to
nake that race with my past life,
>oth private and public, as one of the
)lanks of my platform and without
nterference on my part with the
andidacy of other people and for
>ther positions. I am not presump
uous enough to attempt the role of
L dictator, and I do not propose for
>thers to place me in the attitude of
meddler.
'Tfeel that the candidates for the
Inited States senate are amply able 1
o look after their own interests
vithout interference upon my part,
tnd that the white people of South
"arolina are eminently qualified to
elect their own officials, from United
states. senator to coronor, and I am
n favor of allowing them the un
rammelled, right to do so. I trust I
hat this statement makes my posi
ion plain to every one."
WHIRLED ON PULLEY.
hester Youth Loses Clothes but
Saves His Le.
One of the most remarkable es
apes from death that has recently
een reported occurred at Wilksburg
town in the western part of Chester
ounty on Tuesday when 'Lonnie1
arris, a boy, who is employed at he1
in of C.; F. Wade, went down the
nain shaft of the gin in an endeavor1
o fix the belt back on the pulley,
hich ran the apparatus that convey
d the sted from the gin. The ma
hinery was still running at a rapid1
lip. As he tried to slip the belt back1
n his sleeve, hanging down, caught1
n a set screw in the pulley and in a
noment he was being whirled around
ike a loose windlass.
- It' wais at- least five minutes before
he machinery was stopped. All the1
ime he was going so fast that it was
lifficult to discern the outlines of his1
ody. After the machinery of the<
lant had been stopped everybody<
ushed to -him, expected to find him
.corpse: instead, upon being closely1
xamined, it was found that he had 1
ustained only a few bruises. but he 1
vas minus his clothes, which had
onsisted of two shirts, a pair of1
rousers, a brand new pair of over
11s, socks and shoes. Everything
is torn' into' threads and all had
one save a piece of sock and a shoe
n one foot. As he whirled round 1
e passed by a place in the wall that
iad two long nails projfecting, and
he young man was whirled in be
ween these -long nails. and it was
:hese that did the: tearinig.
LEAVE IT TO THEM.
Frynes Says Congressmen Want Mex
ico to Fight it Out.
Congresman James F. Brynes, of
iken, while In Augusta reently, de
lared that if a poll was taken of the
members of congress on the Mexican
rituation two-thirds of them would
rery- probably declare themselves in
favor of.-lifting the embargo on arms
nd leaving the constitutionalists and
the federals to fight it out among
themelves. The congressman bases
his opinion upon the apparent tem
ner of the members when he left
Washington, and could not say
whether the recent developments.
when Carranza's minister of foreign
relations demanded Bavard Hale's
assports, thus practically demand
ing recognition of the belligerency of
the rebels, may* have had on the
views of the' congressmen. Mr.
Brynes does not belive that the spec
al session of congress will be ad
ourned, but that it will run right on
into the regular session which begins
early next month.
Girls Have Hunger Strike.
Two hundred young women stu
dents at Converse College. who start
ed a "hunter strike" at dinner Wed
nesday night as a protest against the
food served. Thursday returned to
the dining room for lunch. A dozen
had weakened at breakfast. "Mere
y the desire of the young ladies to
try some novel exnerience 'vas the
comment of Dr. Robt. P. Pell, presi
HUERTA WILL FALL
WILSON THINKS FORCES NOW
ACTIN SUFFICIENT TO
FORCE HIS RETIREMENT
Blockade is Not Expected Although I
Admiral Fletcher Will Do Whatev
er is Necessary for the Protection
Agreement With Constitutionalists. I
of All Alien);-Hale is After no
The Washington government be
lieves the power of the Huerta gov
ernment is slowly "crumbling and
disintegrating". No positive steps
have been taken by the administra- a
tion at Washington within the last
few days to compel a compliance with t
the demand for the elimination of 3
uerta. No preparations have been I
made for a blockade of Mexican posts C
uch as have been variously reported. e
Foreign interests generally will be '
protected by the United States, and
it Tuxpam, in particular, especial ef- 3
orts will be made to protect British s
interests pending the arrival of the s
British cruisers. The sending of the
English ships is in line with previous -
otification to the United States and -:
Es regarded as a normal move taken 9
En emergencies such as exist at Tux- t
am. It is intended to have a sober- f
Lng effect on those Constitutionalist 8
>fficers who, according to official re
orts, have announced their hostility
z English interests. I P
The landing of marines has not
een found necessary thus far, no
nstructions to that effect have been
ent, nor has there been any request
or such instructions. In the mean
ime Admiral Fletcher will be ex
ected to take whatever steps he t
eems necessary to protect all foreign
nterests. The parleys with the Con- c
titutionalists have been carried on c
n no formal waj, but merely for in- s
rmative purposes. e
The administration, though not
ond'oning the Inhumanity of the t
rmed strife, generally Is Inclined to
iew with some complacency the re
>risals by Constitutionalists and
'ederals on those officers or men who
iave been deserting from side to
ide. The foregoing salient facts
ere obtained from those with whom
resident Wilson Thursday discuss- d
d the Mexican situation.
The impression that the Huerta tl
,overnment Is fast losingits control a
ver territory hitherto.dominated by n
t, is based on the dispatches to the "
tate department, which also show f]
hat diplomatic pressure from with- V
ut Is having much to do with weak- h
ning the resources of the provision- a
I government. There was some em- S
>hasis in the denial emanating from t<
he White House that any steps of a n
ummary instructions to Charge a
)'haughnessy within the last few f
ays. The president made it clear tL
hat beyond what already has been 4
>ublished there were no moves In
he situation, as far as the Unitedv
tates was concerned, which were h
mknown to the public. P
The president holds the view that r
L a result of all the Influences now g
Lt work Huerta will slowly but inevi- ~
ably be compelled to yield to the ~
orce of circumstances and retire. As a
o the future program of the United b
tates, the president believes that of "
~ecessity it must be kept within the i
ecret councils of the, administration t
tnd that premature publication ti
night impair its efficacy.
As a consequence, there was no In- t
ormation obtainable as to the plans
r purposes of the Washington gov- o
rment In the event that Huerta el
hold retire. It was made plain by ri
he White House that In the parleys b
>etween Gen. Carranza. the Constitu-. c:
,ionalist chief, and William Bayard s:
ale no effort was made to map out I
lans for the future. Mr. Hale's mis- 0
ion was described as one merely de- a
igned to learn what was in the a
ninds of the Constitutionalist chiefs. 'o
rhat disposition they seemed to have if
:oward the situation.
Names of provisional successors to
{uerta, or anything so specific that
t might be termed "negotiations", A
1ad not been carried on or authoriz
'd by the president, according to the
iVhite House explanation, nor was
here any formal request for creden- r
jals from Mr. Hale. It was made b
lain that Mr. Hale .had gotten the J
esired information, and White a
Eouse officials stated emphatically C
:hat the parleys conducted by Mr. s
E~ale did not affect the pending plans E
f the American government and c
hat there had been no debate on any
ruture program which the Constitu- k~
:ionalists might assist in.
It also became known that the of- '
ficial investigation into the execu
ions at Jaurez had not been complet- e
ad. In this connection White House
fficials called attention to a consu
lar report received from Torreon, E
showing that many of the alleged ~
itrocities reported in the dispatches Y
id not occur; that foreigners had ~
been protected, but that the execu
tion of Federal prisoners had been ~
justified by the Constitutionalists on
the ground that these officers were
traitors. It was apparent that Presi- C
dent Wilson views the constant fluc- ~
tuaton of officers from one side to -
the other in the Mexican revolution ~
as. naturally leading to executions
when they fall into the hands of
those with whom they previously had
been affiliated.t
Women Send Silver Service. t
A silver service costing $1,500,
the gift of women voters of northern 1
California to Miss Jessie Wilson.
daughter of President Wilson
on the occasion of her wedding
next Tuesday was sent from San
Francisco Thursday. The service was
purchased by subscription and Is of I
old colonial design, ,
I
WOULD PUNISH THEM,
,VOB MEMBERS BROUGHT* INTO
SPARTANBURG COURT.
3rand Jury Asks Solicitor to Prose
cute Four Men Named in Present
ment for Recent Attack on Jail.
Solicitor Albert E."Hill, of. Spar- .
anburg. Is called upon, In a prefient
nent made to Judge DeVore Thiurs
lay by the Spartanburg county grand.
ury, to prosecute. members -of the
nob who on the night -of August 18 1
ast dynamited the county jail in an i
ffort to lynch Will Fair, a negro ac- 1
used of assaulting a white woman.
our men are named by the grand
ury as members of the lynching mob
.nd bench warrants for their arrest 1
vere issued Thursday evening by
udge DeVore.
"After careful Investigation Into i
he assault on the jail,' the grand 1
ury reports, "we find that certain :
arties, utterly disregarding the lives 1
f our.officers and the county prop
rty, did make an aisault on the jaft 1
.'ith the intent of taking the life of
Vill Fair. We present to the court
7. R. Belcher, Jesse Wolfe, Bob Wil
on and Robert Ward, and ask our.
licitor to prosecute them."
Foreman W. G. Query, of the i
rand jury, declined to disclose the
iethod of procedure followed in the
rand Jury's Investigation, saying I
hat to make it public might inter
ere with the apprehension of other
leged members of the mob, who are
eing sought.
The grand jury's action Is.without
recedent. Fair was not lynched.
luring a battle, which raged the
reater part of the night and . in
'hich three men were shot, Sheriff
7. J. White and his deputies held the
iob at bay and in the morning spir
:ed Fair out of the jail and took him
> thee State penitentiary at Columbia.
[e was tried at a special term of
yurt and acquitted, though his ac
ser, the young wife of a farmer,
more positively that he had assault
i her. Her story was believed by
ie jury to be an hallucination due
> a condition peculiar te her sex.
THE NAVAJO WAR.
recautions Are Being Made Against
Indian Attack.
Four hundred renegade Navajo In
lans encamped on Beautiful Moun
in, thirty-five miles southwest of
ie Shiprock agency, sang war songs
d danced around council fires all
ight Thursday, while sentries stood
atch at the many signal fires which
-inged the northwestern side of the
esa. At Shiprock extra precautions
ad been taken against a surprise
ttack by followers of Chief Be She
he, who have been wrought almost
> a state of frenzy by their medicine
Len. W. T. Shelton, Indian agent,
ad his Indian police, who are still
ithful,, Thursday began prepara
ons to renew overtures to the abor
~ines.
Traders and settlers on the reser
ition have become frightened and
ave appealed to Agent Shelton for
rotection. The other Indians of the
~servaton, more than 3,000, have
yen no intimation as to where their
rmpathies' lie. It. is upon the comn
ig of troops that the agency officials
rd the settlers base their hopes that
oodshed may be averted. There are
any at the settlement, however,
'ho express anxiefy over the recep
on which the Indians will give the
'oops. Some fear that the renegades:
Lay offer armed resistance to the
oops.
That the Indians will use force on
casion was evidenced by their arm
I attack on the agency when they
aleased. eleven tribesien who., had
een arrested on federal warrants,
'arging horse stealing, assault as
ult and battery, 'while more than
00 sympathizers stood on the bank I
the Little San Juan river ready to
d them in their attack should the
ency officials show any intention
foffering forcible resistane to their ,
llows. t
DEAD) MAN ALIVE.
s Body Lay in Coffin Supposeds
Corpse Raps at Door.
While relatives and friends: sur
munded a coffin in which lay ther
ody of a young man identified as I
ohn Thompson, of Hamilton, Oat.,
victim of the recent storm on thep
reat Lakes, the real John Thomp
n rapped at the door and was ad
itted to the house. His mothera
llapsed and was made seriously ill.
oung - Thompson's father did not
now on what boat his son was em- I
loyed and when he read of the find:
ig of the body Qf a Johri Thoipson.,
reman on the lost steamer Carru~th
rs, he- went to Kettle -Point: ands
lentified it as that of his son. i
The body was shipped to the par- I
nts' home and preparations were
eing made for the funeral when the
oung man suddenly returned very
uch alive. He explained he had
een in Montreal during the great
torm and had just heard of his re
orted death. Before going to his
ome, the son stopped at a hotel con
ucted by James Duffy. Duffy, who
ad been at the Thompson' home and
een the body there, fell in afaint, -1
binking he had seen a ghost.
Shoots Companion.
Illustrating with a loaded revolver
be methods by which a gunman is
upposed to "get the drop" on a vic
im, William Sheckler, 16 years old,
f Philadelphia, shot Paul Ritten
Louse, 16 years old.1
Killed by Rattler.3
Bitten on the leg by a large rattle-<
nake, W. A. Bohee, a farmer of the
Vimauma neighborhood, near Tam
>a, Fla., died Thursday, twenty-four
GINNING FASTER
NUMBER BALES GINNED LARGI
THAN LAST YEA.
Number of Bales Reported Ginn
Reaches 10,434,387 by Nov.
Which is a Little Ahead of 191
The fifth cotton ginning report
the censuS-birea'a -oi this. seaso
issued at 10. o'clock friday h *orni1
announced that 10,434,127 bales
cotton, counting round as half bal(
)f-the growth of 1912 had been'gi
med prior to November 14. Last ye
to November 14 there had been gi
cied 10,291,431 bales; in 1908 to th
date 9,595,809 bales, or 73.3 p
:ent. of the entire crop and in 19(
'o that date 8,562,242 bales, or f
per cent.
Included In the ginnings 74,1
-ound bales, compared with 62,11
)ales last year, 93,364 bales in 191
L23,757 bales in 1909 and 173,9(
)ales in 1908.
The number of.Sea Island cott<
)ales included weie 52,679; compa
d with 41,321 balis last year, '6
95 bales in 1909, and 06;7101 ball
n 1908.
Ginnings prior to- November 14 1
tates, with comparisoni for last yei
tnd other big crop years and the De
intage of the entire crop ginnf
rior to that date in those years, fc
ow:
Alabama.
Ginnings. P.C.
1913 -.. ...1,182,747
1912 . .. .. 961,378
1911.........1,239,211 73.1
1908 .. ..1,020,724 76.6
Arkansas.
1913 .-. ... 603,724
1912 .. ... 545,988
1911 .... .. 563,115 62.0
1908 .,... 665,232 66.8
Florida.
1913 ... .. 53,219
1912 . ,..., 42,1A4 ..
1911 ...... 65,236 69.1
1908 .. .. 51,497 72.9
Georgia.
1913 ... .. ..1,824,290 ...
1912 ... ..1,331,111 .
1911 .. .... 2,106,305 75.4
1908 .. * . .1,564,037 79.1
Louisiana.
1913 ....... 374,997 ...
1912 ...... 300,811
1911 .. .. .. 269,548 70.8
1908 .. ....341,953 73.3
Mississippi.
1913 .. .. 735,797 re..
1912 ...... 644,115
1911 .. . .. 719,638 61.6
1908 .. .. .1,086,183 67.0
North Carolina.
1913...... 493,025 ...
1912 .. . . ... 627,045 .4..
1911 ..7......716,200 63.6
1908 .........451,434 66.0
Oklahoma.
1913 .. ....666,679 ....:
1912 .. .... 722,512 ....
1911 . . :..., 657,497 64.7
1908......322,051 46.7
South Carolina.
1913 .. .. i... 995,897...
1912.......882,9768 ..
1911......1,163,984 68.8
1908..........938,926 77.2
Tennessee..
1913..........233,528 ..
1912..........138,072 ..
1911 .. .. .s. 264,777 61.6
1908 s. .. .. 243,493 73.9
Texas.
1913 -.. .. . .3,304,665 ..
1912 ....... ..4,019,317 ..
1911 .'. .'. -.'.3,473/702 '84.6
1908 .. .....2,869,528 78.9
Other States.
1913........65,019 ..
1912 .. .... .. 59,952 ...
1911. .-. -.... .*- 74,751 63.9.
1908: .. ... .. 46,751 63.9'
STILL HAS HIS CORN.
'rom the Acre for Which He Got Fij
teen Hundred Dollars.
Pojsibly, it will inter,est tihe boy
rh edntenylate''enterig 'corn ~cldl
o know what a Georgia boy has a<
omplished, and what It is possibl
or any .boy to duplicate.
A press dispatch from August
ays: "One acre of corn grown by
oy in his teens, Edward, 3. Welborz
f Richmond county', has nietted hit
1,5 00, and he holds tehe 'world
ecord for production'On a'single acI
or this season.
"Here is what the boy gets. 0n
'air of mules. $600; wagon and ha
Less, $100; Percheron mare, $400
cholarship in college, $250; loca
.nd National corn show and othe
rizes, $150. Total, $1.500,.
'These prises are given yo'ung We
orn in connection with the :August
ronicle's Corn show, hleld-~in coz
ection with the Georgia:Carolin
'air. . In addition,- the yoting ma~
till-has 'h$-born-181.72 bushels
t, all grown on one acre. It col
um 28c a bushel to make it, or .1u
51.05."
Sends Message in Bottle.
A message written with deal
earby, Chris Keenan, United State
nar~shal, and .custodian of the bara
?lymouth,' who lost his life with si
uhers in''the storm of November
was found Thursday in a bottle fr
niles from Pentwater, near Mene
nuiee, Mich. It was addressed to h
rife and children and was writte
vhen the barge had been In ti
itorm forty hours. Keenan's bod
vas washed ashore near Manist'
ast Friday.
Southern Methodist Conference.
The South Carolina Conference
:he Methodist Episcopal Churc
outh, is now in session at Rock HIl
Bishop A. W. Wilson will' presic
ver the deliberations of this bod
Lnd about 400 ministers and layme
tre in attendance. An effort wil
nade to have the conferen'ce meet
HANDS IN REPORT
INSPECTOR TELLS Of SOUTH CAR
OLINA COMPAIES
ed- -
4 SIX FOUND DEFICIENT
of
6, In His Statement to War Department
He Tells of Changes Needed In the
of
s, Other Companies in Order to Bring
ar Them to the Efficiency Demand
ed-Makes No Recommendations.
at
er The war department at Washing
)6 ton Wednesday wrote the governor of
'5 South Carolina a letter bearing on
the recent inspection of South Caro
!7 lina troops and while the department
10 declined to make public the con
0, tents of this letter before It has been
18 received by the governor, it is under
stood that in plain terms it calls at
n tention to the very unsatisfactory
r- condition of the troops at the pres
,- ent -time, says a dispatch to The
as State. Lieut. Col. David C. Shanks
of the army made an inspection of the
)Y troops in conpliance with orders
Ir from the secretary of was between
r- October 6 and October 21, 1913.
d The object was to determine the
1- condition of the twelve companies
which had been inspected and report
ed as unsatisfactory at an inspection
made in March and April, 1913. "I
do not wish to make any recommen
dation in regard to these companies,"
the report says. "There may be con
siderations affecting, them or impor
tant reasons for retaining them that
are.not fully known to me. The fol
lowing expression or opinion regard
ing their present condition and reas
onable prospect of improvement is
based upon the idea that the United
States desires to encourage military
instruction in every way; it does not
want to withdraw opportunity for
military instruction in any case where
It seems reasonable to suppose that
the government may receive even a
fair return for the money invested or
the efforts made.
"Based upon this Idea It is my be
lief that the companies located at :
Chesterfield, Bamberg, Barnwe!l,
Bennettsville, Conway and Lancaster I
are in such condition as to render It 1
extremely improbable that the gove- I
ernment would ever receive from )
them any kind of satisfactory service. g
The company at Walterboro, I be
lieve; has Improved to an extent such
as to warrant its continuance without
change in the commissioned person- I
nel."
The companies at Elloree, Darling- c
ton and Company C, Second Infantry,
at Columbia, have an enlisted person
nel that would promise considerable
improvement with changes in the
commanding officers the report says.
Company B, Second South Carolina
infantry, is referred to as being
"not in as good shape as any of the
last three mentioned," and it is In- i
timated that here should be a change:
in its commanding officer also.
"Company B First infantry, at Lib
erty Hill, has no armory or proper
store rooms," the report goes on. "Its
membership is scattered over the sur
rounding country. The showing of
this company under all Its disadvan
tages was fairly good, and its enlisted 1
personn~el in physique and appearance
and drill was about as good as any I
saw. As a drill instructor, its captain
was quite as good as any."
An analysis of this in the absence
of specline-and more direct informa
tion which is contained in the letter
from the war department to the gov
ernor of South Carolina, leaves little
room to doubt that, taken as a whole
and with special reference to the com
panies at Chesterfield, Bemberg,
Barnwell, Bennettsville, Conway and- ]
Lancaster, the federal authorities are
not satisfied with their showing. This
t is the state of their condition even af
ter the warning order which several
of the South Carolina companies re
ceived from the war department last
ssummer.
_It will be noted also that thec com
e panies at Elloree, Darlington, and
Companies C and B at Columbia must
a show improvement before their gen
aeral condition will be satisfactory to
athe secretary of war. It is assumed
n that upon receipt of this letter from
sthe secretary of war to the governor
Sof South Carolina ,by the latter, the
matter will assume definite shape. It
will then be known also whether or
not any of the South Carolina troops
.are to lose their federal appropriation
or whether they will continue as at
r present.
Brotherst In Fatal Duel.
~In a d|uel with pistols at Oakdale,
. Tenn., -Wednesday afternoon, Wil
*a liam Jackson, aged 35, was shot and
*n almost instantly killed by his brother
i Samuel, aged- thirty. As William fell
at he fired twice at his brother, both
a bullets taking effect. Samuel was re
ported dying.
Killed by Parlor Rifle.
h Little 12-year-old Thomas E. Fish
s er Jr., of Charleston, was instantly
Skilled Monday by being struck by a
x bullet from a parlor rifle In the hands
, of Jewell Bremer, 14 years old. The
e shooting was purely accidental.
is Tax Collector Killed.
n Two farm hands of Media, Pa., ar
1 rested Wednesday on suspicion of
ly knowing something about the disap
e pearance of S. Lewis Pinkerton, tax
collector of Edgemnont township, near
Media, confessed early Thursday that
they had murdered him and buried
y his body.
LI. Thirty Passengers Rescued.
le The British battleship Iron Duke
y, effected a timely resuce of the thirty
m passengers and crew of the stearger
e Scotsdyke while the steamer was
[n burning In the English cannmel early
HOLD TROOP ON BORDE
BRITISH CRUISERS ARE ORDER
ED TO VERA CRUZ,
Senator Sheppard and Representative
Henry Requested War Department
to Keep Strong Force on Border.
Two events connected with the
military and navy situation in regard
to Mexico Wednesday gave a faint
tinge of interest to a day otherwise
unmarked by developments. Early
in the day Gen. Bliss, commanding
the American troops on the Mexican
borders, was authorized by the war
department at Washington to detain
indefinitely the Second cavalry reg(
ment, at Fort Bliss, and the Fifth at
Fort Huachuca. They were to have
come north as soon as they were re
lieved, by the two regiments recent
ly ordered to Texas for that purpose.
Senator Sheppard and Representa
tive Henry, of Texas, pointing to the
danger to which their people at El
Paso and other points were exposed
by the reported approach of a large
force of Mexican federals Intent on
revenging themselves upon the troops
of Gen. Villa for the capture of Jau
rez, had urged the war department
to keep all four regiments on the bor
der.
News that three big British cruls
ers had been ordered to proceed from
West Indian ports to Vera Cruz cre
ated some comment in official cir
eles, where it was recalled that re
:ent London dispatches had indicat
ad that the British government would
entrust the interests oftheir subjects
in Mexico to the United States.
It was pointed out, however, that
,he Washington government had wel
omed the appearance of foreign war
ihips In Mexican waters and that the
athering of British, German, Japan
se'and 'French vessels off the coast
night Indicate to Gen. Huerta a
rowing lack of conidence on the
art of the powers in his ability long
r to maintain himself and insure the
afety of foreigners in Mexico.
The announcement in Mexico. that
. British squadron Is coming to Mex
can waters created keen Interest, but
he effect upon the Mexican mind was
eassuring rather than otherwise, ex
lains a dispatch from Mexico City,
>ecause the Mexican people continue
o look upon Great Britain as a
riend. In official quarters the dis
)atch of the squadron was styled as
Ln act of courtesy.
Army reports gieatly minimize the
trength of the contending forces at
raurez last week, indicating that Vil
a's rebel command did not exceed
.,500 while the federal garrison was
>nly about 600 strong. The staff of
Icers are inclined to believe that the
Lpparently surprising apathy of the
ederal commanders can be explain
d only upon the theory that they are
ndeavoring to take the rebels by
urprise and will unexpectedly ap- 4
>ear in great force at some point
here they expect to inflict a telling
>low. *
FOUR ARE INJURED.
Passenger Trains on the Southern
Butt Together.
Four persons were injured and the
wo locomotives were smashed when1
assenger trains 24 and 23, Southern
ailway, collided head-on about three1
clock Thursday morning at Barton
station about half-way between Co
umbia and Savannah. W. C. Hud
on, superintendent, Columbia, di
ision, was on board train 24, en
'oto to Columbia from Jacksonville.
Lnd he took charge of the work of
laring the tracks and transferring
he passengers. The Southern's1
sotheastern Limited passed the<
oint without delay.
Trains 23 and 24 had orders to
ass at Barton. In some way they c
ollided just at the station. That<
oth trains were practically still
~rhen the accident occurred accounts
'or the slightness of the damage. In-1
restigaton into the cause of the acci
lent is being made by the Southern
fficials. Those injured were: L. C.
anning, Salley, ankle sprained; Mrs.
. F. Myers, Sandy Springs, bruised
>y being thrown against a seat; Day
s Simmons, arm broken; T. A.
loyd, seriously Inju'red. 8immons1
atnd Lloyd are said in the Southern's
ffical report to have been riding be
:ween the engine and baggage care of
he southbound train.
CAROLINIANS PROMOTED.
)reher, Haskell and Jenkins Named
For Better Places.
There was gratifying recognition
>f South Carolinians in the list of
iominatons for promotion in the
:onsular service which the President
;ent to the Senate Thursday. Julius
). Dreher, now consul at Port Anto
tio, Jamacia, at a salary of $3,000
mer annum, is named to be consul at
oronto, Canada, a post paying $4,
)00. Lewis W. Haskell, now consul
ait Hull, England, at $2,500, is nam
ed as consul at Belgrade, Servia, at
3,000, and Douglas Jenkins, now
consul at Gothenburg, 'Sweden, at
2,500 is raised to consul at Riga,i
Russia. at $3,000.
"Hard up; Better Dead."
Albert Zinkie, 44 years old, of Chi
:ago, shot and killed his mother and
himself Thursday. A note found by
the police said that the deed was
:ommitted because Zinkie and his
mother were "hard up and better off
dead."
Threatened by Mob.
Fearing mob violence Sheriff B. W.
Cou'rsey, of Swainsboro, Ga., arrived
in Savannah Thursday night with L.
A. Kennedy, a white man accused of
beating his wife severely there sever
al days ago. Mrs. 1(eedy died
Thursay moning.
STAYS IN MEXIW
'SIlAUGINESST INSTRUCTD To
REMIN AT CAITIL
HURTA REARS MESSAGE
Likens immself to Napoleon and Calls
Dissolution of Congress an Hoeio
Act-Asks New Congress for Clean
Bill of Health but Makes No Beferu
ence to His Foreign Reatims.
Speculations as to what President
Wilson intends to do in the face of'
the Mexican dificulty was Increased
Wednesday by the knowledge that the
American charge d'affaires, Nelson
O'Shaughnessy, had received new -in
structions from Washington to wait'
at his post for further Instructions
and that Important matters were un
der consideration.
The foreign colonies in the Mext.
can capital are preparing to defend
themselves in the ev$nt of distur
bances in the city and particularly
should the final settleiltent bei left to
the Mexicans themselves. Both Sir Li
onel Carden and Admiral Von Hintze,
the British and German ministers, re
spectively, have suggested to their
countrymen the advisability of per
fecting some sort of a defence organ
Ization.
No such advice has been given to
the Americans, but committees are
quietly working out a plan of defense
and it is possible that there will be
formed a general organization, -em
bracing the American, British, Ger
man and Austrian res'dents. The Am
Brican charge Wednesday attended a
reception given to the diplomats by
Gen. Huerta at Chapultepez castle. it
was an elaborate affair and was held
there because of the restricted fa
,ilities of the president's towr and
mburban homes. In his message to
ongress Thursday afternoon Presi
lent Huerta quoted Napoleon In Jus-7.
ification of his arbitray dissolution of
the old congress, and he serves notice
that he will ask the new congress to
grant him a political bill of health.
Not. even a reference to Interna
Jonal relations is made In the mes
age which Gen. Huerta has prepared.
he document was read and briefly
iscussed at a meeting of the cabinet
Wednesday, the ministers agreeing
with their chief that he had done well
n not attempting to cover too much
,round. The president confines him
;elf entirely to a review cf the inci
lenta leading to the dissolution of the
>ld congress and justification for his
tet. What may be regarded as a hint
>f the delicate situation which Hexi
:o as a nation is occupying appears in
:he conclusion of the message, when
ie reminds the congressmen that the
noment Is a solemn one and possibly
lecisive for the future of the nation.
'n this connection the president says
hat the eyes o all of the people of
exico as well as those of the civil
zed world are upon them.
The message closos with an ex
ression of the hope that soon all
Kexcans may. be united an-I that all
nay join In the task of national re
:onstruction. Attention is called to
:he alleged lack of harmony existing
>etween the executive and the judio
ary, on the one hand, and the chain
er of deputies, on the other prior to
:he dissolution, charging that the
:amber attempted to frustrate the
executive. The message also explains
hat the executive did all In his pow-.
r to prevent a rupture and to main
ain good relations with congress,
ielding in more than one Instance
md attempting in many ways to
ring about more cordial feelings of
:o-operaton.
According to Gen. Huerta's mes
age, "Congress became, in fact, the
entre of revolutionary activity, a sort
,f open agency for North'ern rebels
mgaged with arms In slaughter and
illage, and, what is still wrorse, iti
he task of bleeding the fatherland,
o expose it In Its weakness andpov
rty to danger from abroad; took an
tttude of opposition against gor..
~rnment In the work It was attempt
ng and Invaded aggressively .not
nly the provice of the judicial pow
ar, but also the executive, in order
.o second in this manner the nefa4
-ious activity of the rebels."
Gen. Huerta says that he chose not
:o vacllate under these conditions
md resorted at last to the extreme
easure of dissolving congress, us
ng the necessary rigor to face such
. delicate situation, and called new
lectons. Defending his action,
8uerta says It always will be a fioble
act and argues that in any case It Is
preferable to save the nation, even at
the sacrifice of principles, than to
preserve Intact, at the expense of the
people, the rigid, Inert precept of
ustice, the utility of which may be
pen to controversy. In this connec
ion he quotes Napoleon, to the of
ect that "the law is not violated
when you save the fatherland." t
Mad Dog Bites Boy.
Champ Smith, a little white boy of
the Brandon mill village, Greenville,
was bitten several days ago by a
tray dog, and a telegram from Co
lumbia has stated that the dog was
mad. He was Immediately taken to
Atlanta for treatment.
Youths in Duel at Station.
Harry Wilson, a young man, was
shot and probably fatally wounded by
Grady Edmondson, aged 21, in a re
volver duel that took place In the
presence of scores of persons in the
railroad station at Gainesville, Ga.
Fell Into Bay.
Three aviators tumbled into Sani
Francisco bay off the Panama-Pacifle
exposition grounds Sunday in a serielt
of contests and exhibitions with
hydro-aeroplanes. Their machineS
wer amagead, but nobody was hut.